The Sun. — London, England, 1838-09-15 00:00:00

make it more profitable to steal than to labour. I t agrees possibly with the habits of well-fed idle Peers and luxurious-living Bishops to assert that men have a natural aversion to labour, though the eagerness with which the former follow up the labours of the and with which the latter, for want of some thing better to do, continually plot and make mischief in society, would seem to contradict the assertion ; it may comport well with the habits of idle, over-fed gentle men, in whose minds labour is associated with poverty, to assert that man has an aversion to labour ; but the • fact is not so, and he is, in the vigour of his days, as much and as constantly stimulated to muscular •exer tion by his organization as is the ant or the bee. He requires great moral inducements to doom him self to idleness. But if man had an aver sion to idleness, a wise legislator would increase to the utmost of his power the rewards of industry, that the aversion might be overcome. But in steps ' our Legislature with its Corn-laws, and cuts a fourth off the poor man's loaf, and so lessens the reward of, and the stimulus to, labour. It makes by those l same laws not only th e rewar d o f eac h s i ng l e l a b ourer ess, but, as it diminishes the means of employment, it wholly deprives many of the power of getting an honest living. In the former case it becomes more advantageous to thieve than to labour ; and in the latter, thieving be comes the only means of sustaining existence. if work were plentiful and wages good, two-thirds, we believe, of the thieves would prefer working to thieving, as a means of getting a living. Even if it be said that there are re gular bred thieves, the answer is that the Corn-laws throw so many impediments in the way of honest industry, they so narrow the demand for service in every branch of society, they make it necessary to labour so incessantly in order to get bread, that the most reflecting, and most acute, and most skilful, but not the best principled, of the lower classes prefer, on calculation, thieving to honest but badly-paid labour. They are not worse off than the working man, either in the respect of society or in physical enjoy ments, and they escape the mortifying reflection, that they are the dupes as well as the slaves of the landlords. Such appears to us the process by which the Corn-laws have led to that vast increase of theft, which, undoubtedly, began soon after they were enacted, and has accompanied their exis tence. Society is in all its branches overrun with thieves, but the master thief, is the Legislature itself. The instruments it works with are the Corn-laws, and solemn Bishops, grave Lawyers, noble Peers, and rich Squires put them into motion. They set an example which is too generally followed, and the violation of property which theyeffect legal!), becomes the rule and the encouragement of the illegal violations of which they so bitterly complain. They have their reward, and like other plunderers, find no safety for their plunder. We beg it may be acknowledged and re. membered by the public, if it cannot be disproved, that the Corn-laws—being in their own nature a gross and scandalous violation of the right of property or dained by the Legislature, are, in addition to their other evils, the accursed parents of the great mass of thieving which unhappily exists. We insert from the Post the consolation which that Journal offers to the cheated farmers—for cheated they are, and cheated they will be, as long as the Corn laws continue. There is no possibility of avoiding it. Never yet was legislation, though backed by an army as powerful as that of BUONAPARTE, a match for private interest. We beg now to call their attention to another fact, which will tend to prove to them that they are completely beguiled by the imaginary protec tion afforded to them by the Corn-laws, while a worse article than even their bad wheat is foisted into our bread by those laws and swallowed by the public. Da maged rice, we arc informed on excellent authority, is now purchased to a considerable extent in London, at about Bs. per cwt., is ground and mixed with the wheaten flour, so as to make cheap bread. This, how ever, is only one of the many substitutes, the produce of foreign lands, which the high price of home-grown wheat forces, openly or surreptitiously, into con ' sumption. At present it is a very imrortant political, fact that man does not " live by bread alone," and the result is that everything which can be substituted for dear bread, in the shape of pud dings, or porridge, or any other shape, is substituted for it, greatly to the lessening of the demand for our own home-grown produce. That diminution of the effec tive demand is caused by the Corn-laws, and it cheats the expectations of the farmer. We have now a word to say to the English land fords. We showed yesterday that the pressure of tithes on them operates to make them keep up the Corn-laws. But in Scotland tithes are hardly known, and in Ireland they are not equal to one-sixth of the tithes in England. The Corn-laws, however, levy a tax on all the corn consumed ; and a part of the tax goes into the pockets of the landlords of Scotland and Ireland, as well as those of England. For the sake, then, of b aivine , the English Church some 4,000,0001. a year, the English landlords levy perhaps 20,000,0001. on the people, and as the Scotch and Irish landlords do not share with them the burden of the English Church, they reap a much greater ad ' vantage from the tax than the English landlords. The latter have to pay a share of the increased price on everything they consume. They contribute then to pay the increased rent of the Scotch and Irish landlords, without participating in the Corn-tax to the same extent. The English landlords then, with gross and unreflecting stupidity, encounter the popular hatred in order to sustain the Episcopal Church and enrich the landlords of Ireland and Scotland. The race of the Wrongheads is not exAnct in England. LONDON : SATURDAY EVENING. SEPTEMBER 15, 1838. If we return, day after day, to the subject of the Corn-laws, it is from the conviction that nothing but the abolition of those laws can save the country from a violent commotion, if even that now can. The seeds of discord have been carefully sown and carefully watered, and they promise at present a rich harvest of confu sion. More than any other 'scheme or contrivance, the Corn-laws have supplied those seeds in abundance; • and we declare, that to continue them is to expose all the institutions of the country to be destroyed by vio lence. Unfortunately the moral effects, or rather the immoral effects, of those laws have been overlooked; and except, as we have of late briefly adverted, to the intense hatred which they excite in millions of our people against the landowners, to the check which they im pose on population, and to the enormous vice and misery which ensue, the public have been contented to regard them only as they affected the rent of the landlord, the profit of the capitalist, and the wages of labour. It is true that the Corn-laws, by checking population, as Mr. WARD well observed at Sheffield, have actually curtailed rent—that by diminishing trade, they have stinted profit—and by lessening employment, have much diminished wages ; but all these evils are enhanced amazingly by the moral consequences of those la - ,vs. The statisticians and political economists, in whose hands this question has been chiefly suffered to remain, arc no doubt excellent accountants, and, telling up the ledgers of society, they put before U 3 a balance-sheet of pecuniary profit and loss ; but the daily harsh conduct of the masters to the servants and clerks, which render all in the house miserable—the excessive labour of all—the hurried and stinted meals, - which spring from miscalculating avarice—the continued collision, growling, and jostling of the household—the daily waste and daily thefts—are never entered into the ledger at all, and are. unnoticed by the accountants in their summing, up of the losing, concern. Their totals, like the 'chlculations of ihe value of - slave and free labour, are, it is true,. all on the side of justice and humanity, and enforce their claims ; but- the statisti cians have wholly left out of view the cruel and immo ral consequences of the Corn-laws. We have occasionally alluded to the puffed-up arro gance and vicious extravagance of the so-called opulent land:ords and Christian Bishops, which these laws foster ; but there is yet another and more extensive de moralizing influence which they exercise over society, which we beg leave to notice to-day. The complaint of the increase of crime is universal. Betwixt 18 15 , when the Corn-laws were enacted, and 1838, the lass year we hope Gf their existence, the number of com mitments for offences has very nearly quadrupled. In 1815, in 'England and Wales, it was 7,818 ; in only four years, or in ISI9, after they had been enacted, it was very nearly doubled, or 11,251 ; and the last year it was, according to the report of the Inspectors of pri sons, 26,311. Some of this increase no doubt has arisen feotn the improved manner in which the laws have been administered, but it is mainly to be attributed to an actual incrcasc, almost to the amaunt stated, of offences. Such Las been the increase that it has excited alarm, and we have had Committees to inquire into the cff,_.ct of every kind of punishment. We have i;:nl new and spacinus gaols built—the two I - lou•cs of I'arliamNit ordained no longer ago than the late ses sion, a n ew and lar:,c one on the Isle of Wight, con . We recommend a pamphlet which we have just received, entitled " Friendly Advice to the Conserva tives," and written in a calm, reflecting, and friendly spirit towards them, to their attentive perusal. It dispo ses , summar il y, o f t h at f a ll acy which the Tories have lately hawked on the public, that the Members of the Ch urc h of England, be i ng t h e ma j or i ty in united England and Ireland, the Church of Ireland ought to be, not the Roman Catholic, if any, but the Protestant Ch urc h . We quote a paragraph : " Let it be supposed that, on the whole, a majority of the people of the United Kin4dein are Protestants of the Church ~f England, and upon that ground it be assumed that the Church of England ought to be the Established Church for the whole. Ido not know that there is such a majority, and if there be not, or if it be small, there can be no such claim founded oa that ground. But supposing a majority, what is the result ? We do not find the pretension admitted in Scot land ; the people there have their own religion as the esta blished religion, and it is recognised ea such by the law. With what justice can a different rule be applied to Ireland, Ind the Church of England be made the Church of Ireland, the plea of there bring a majority of the Church of Eng land in the three Kingdoms, when no such plea operates with respect to Scotland? Shall it be said that Scotland rejected he Church of England, and therefore has her own Church ? Has riot Ireland as good a title to do the same? Lrt us beware that we do not legislate on the principles of Force instead of fustice. Force can only be maintained by force, and will assuredly be resisted by force ; it is a rotten prop, which must !n time give way. Justice is the only principle on which our Union with Ireland can be successfully maintained. Whether, therefore, we view England, Scotland, and Ireland as three Kingdoms, each having its own established relizion—or as ono United Kingdom, in which the people arc •Ikided into several religion% or sects—Justice to Ireland re quire.; one of two things—either that Ireland should have, like England and Scotland, an Establi.hed Church according to he religion of the bulk of its people, or at least that it should he relieved from the insult imposed on it, of having- an Eats olished Church which the bulk of its people reject." tamil:2tin2; its lovely beaut;es ivith a spacious felon esta bllshment for t h, correction of juvenile offenders. We have had all sorts of investigations and schemes to diminish the alarming incr,:ase in the number of offences ; hut they have gone on increasing, defving punishment, defying threats, and defyin - g all the seve rity and terror of the law, and all the skill of the law-makers. This increase in the numb?r of crimes, however. consists :.:holly of violations of the right of property. The s!rong passions of revenge and jealousy have not added to the calendar. All other evil passions appear to be wearing out, or to be stifled by that cupidity 0' which Bishops and Peers set such a continual exam plc. Theft, in all its multifarious ramifications, is the great root and trunk of all the offences which the law punishes ; and our present object is to show that the Corn-laws are the parents of much theft. They By the arrival of the packet-ship Siddons, Captain Britton, at Liverpool yesterday, we have received New York Papers to the 26th ult., from which nu merous extracts will be found in another part of The vatuFM. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDA Y, SEPTEMBER 15, 1838.1 Sten. The intelligence they bring is more varied and interesting than politically important—except as regards South America. We have likewise re.. ceived a letter from our New York Cor respondent KNICKERBOCKER, containing a = jail of the state of the ABle.C;ii Money Market up to the departure of the S:Vdons for Liverpool. From Ca nada the news is very favourable. We learn from a private communication that Lord DURHAM will not return to England before the the tranquillity of the Provinces is completely re-established. The mission which he undertook, at the solicitation of her MA JESTY, he is resolved firmly and unflinchingly to execute : (FROM OiR AMERICAN CORRESPONDENT, KNICKERBOCKER.) New Yurk, Sept. 25, 1838. - - _ THE BLOCKADE OF THE MEXICAN PORTS EY THE FRENCH. -It is the general opinion here that the French will never attain their object by means of a blockade only. tis diffi cult to annoy the Mexicans in this way, foreign trade being almost wholly confined to the importation of luxuries. Her internal resources arc ample. The revenue, of course, must suffer considerably, hut to make up for this, the Go vernment is well supported in this affair by the p eop l e. The greatest, perhaps the only sufferers by the blockade, are the foreigners resident at Mexico. The commerce of Mexico is carried on principally by foreigners. Hence it is that the qucsti'n has arisen whether France has a right to cut - off neutral trade in a time of peace? There is much irritability existing here on this paint. The Florida war is not vet ended. The Indians have - made their apdearance in different parts of Florida, and committed frightful excesses. BUSINESS AND MONEY MATTERS—SEPT. 25. It will be three weeks to-morrow since we received any mews from Europe. Althoupb a great many packets have arri% ed within that period, the intelligence by them had been anticipated by the Great Western. We are, however, look. ing out for the Sheridan and George Washington, from Liverpool, as they must arrive within a few days. All financial matters throughout the country hav' rapidly improved since the resumption, and money in every respect is much easier, and the exchanges have approached considerably nearer equalization than at the date of my last. The trade in this city, and especially the dry goods trade, has commenced with great spirit and activity, and a large full business will be done. Dry goods of all descriptions have advanced, and are still improving, more especially silks of all kinds, which is to be ascribed mainly to a new Treasury order that has been issued by the Treasury department, exacting duties upon goods that have, under the former construction of the tariff law, been free. Upon ribbons, &c., the imports have been laid at twenty-five per cent under the clause millinery. The affair Las created considerable sensation among our merchants, and undoubtedly will have some essential influence on the markets of England and France. The cotton market of New York since my last has ex hibited some degree of animation, although some slight con cessions have been submitted to on the part of holders on all qualities under fine, and the operations have been to the amount of about 2,000 bales, moistly for shipment, and prices range as follows : —Upland, 9id. to 124 d. ; Florida, 10 to 12i; New Orleans, 9 to 12, and some fine at 131 and 14; and Mobiles, at 9to 13i dollars. The arrivals at this port this week have been 250 bales, and since the lit inst. 11,500 bales. The export since the Ist instant 2,800 bales, and' from the whole United States since Ist October last 1,540,500 bales, against 1,111,400 same time last year. In all the other Mints in the United States, in consequence of the limited stock, but a small business has been doing, and denote not the least variation since my advice' by the packet of the 20th inst. The prospects are much more favourable than when I last wrote you respecting the corn crops, and pric es , h owever , have not receded but a trifle in any part of the country. We note prices here at 93 to 95 cents for all descriptions. Wheat, fo reign, but little here, and last sale Red German was made at dollar 28 cents ; domestic in good demand, at 1 dollar 50 c. to 1 dollar 55 cents per bushel. Flour has further advanced 121 and 25 cents per barrel, and a much more active business has been done. Western common brands command 7,621 dolls. ; and fancy, 7,87} dolls. ; New York, City, &c., 7,50 to 7,75 dollars. In Southern kind, Georgetown is selling at 7,74 dollars, and Richmond City Mills at 8,172 dolls. Liverpool coal has been selling at 950 dolls. per chaldron, which is a falling off. Ashes, Pots, at 5,37 i dolls., and Pearls, at 6,25 to 6,50 dolls. The Tobacco market remains firm at the improvement noticed in my last. EXCIIANGE.-The transactions in bills on England for the packet of to-day was more extensive than by the previous packet. The opening rates were 109 to 1091 per cent, closing at 1091 per cent. Bills on France 5f.224c., and some few at sf. 20c. last month Signor Peter Edward Hursnug, Procurator- General of the Nlechitarist Monks at Venice, read In the Academy of the Catholic Religion in Rome an way, he proved that the Schismatic Ar.neniatts acted in direct con tradiction with their own dogmas, when they refused to receg ncA 'he nrimac.; 1 1-'ope. The history of the Armenians, he said, proves by incontrovertible documents how intimately they are connected with the Romish Church, whose head they must, therefore, unconditionally acknowledge as their own. FttENCH FUNDS. —Pasts. SEPTIIMBER 13. Five per Cents.. 109 f. •..oc. 15c. Four per Cents., 102 f. sltc. Three per Cents., 80f. 7:)c. S',!c. 75c. ttente t!e Naples, MI. 7Pe. Roman Five per Cents. 101 N Spanish Actives, 50 1 4 Spanish Passives, 454. Belgian Bank, 1,4 OS. 1,445 f. Haytian Loan, 350 f. EZCIIANGIS ON LONDON. one month, paper, 9.5 f. 37;4c.; money, 2:.f. Tkrec months, paper, :151. 25c.; money, AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, Barr. 3. Five per Cents. Metalliques Four per Cents. Three per Cents. Bank Shares —Allgemeine Zeitung, Sept. 8. ' P. S. Since writieg the above, we learn that the collector of this port now gives up the 25 per cent. on ribbons that he has exacted the past few days, and they have now to come in free as heretofore. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) DEAL, SErr. 14.—Wind W., fine.—Arrived and proceeded !or the River, the Mcl'ish, Cowley, from the South Seas ; England, Bacon, from Miramichi ; Nautilus, from Sierra Leone; Iberia (steamer), from Cadiz ; Millicent, Cousins, from Jamaica ; Progress, from the Mediterranean ' Superior, Allen, from Harwich to New York ; Hirondelle, Craighead, front St. Pctersburgh to Plymouth. Came down from the River, the Lanz, Atkins, for Pugwash, and sailed ; the Corn. modore, Malingreu, for Mauritius, remains. PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. 14.—Wind S.W., fine. PL2 MOUTII, SEPT. 13.—Wind S.W.—Arrived her Ma jesty's ship Athol, from Cork to Quebec, has put back here with foremast and fore-topmast sprung ; having encountered a severe gale. FALMOUTI, SEPT. 13. —Wind S.W. to W., light breezes. —Arrived the Elm, Louins, from Cape Haytien ; Sportsman, Hutchinson, from Aux Ctyes. Sailed the Stephen, Ander son, for Pictou. LivEnroor., SEPT. 14.—Wind S.W., light.—Arrived Hal cyen, Lacheur, from Pernambuco; Hercules, from Riche bucto ; Ambassador, M'Kennell, from St. John's, New Bruns wick ; Garrow, Reid, from Miramichi ; Siddons, Briton, from New York; Comte Foy, Chevalier, from Donegal ; Snow drop, Nichols, from Ancona; Nicholas First, Haase, and Frederick Wilhelm, from Dantzic. Arrived off port, Countess Dunmore, from St. Domingo; Ann Mundell, from Laguna. Sailed the Waterville, Mills, for Rio Janeiro ; Belgrave, Dempsey, for Virginia; Chatham, Gorham, for Boston; Don, Pantier, for Naples ; Alice Jute, Blearsdall, for Vera Cruz ; Matilda, for Calcutta. The French Journals of Thursday are barren of all political news of any interest. In commenting upon the Austrian amnesty, the whole of the Opposition Press—Republican and Ultra-Royalist—are agreed in opinion that the Emperor FERDINA ND has set a liberal example to King Louis PIJILLIFPE. From Switzerland the accounts are unimportant, with the exception of the following resolution of the Grand Council of the Canton of Argovia, adopted during the sitting of the 7th inst., by a majority of 105 votes to 55 : DOVER, SEPT. 14.—Arrived off port, the English, from Quebec ; Endraght, Vandersweep, from Batavia; Maria, Col lings, from Denia; Penelope, Patterson, from the Mauritius. CHANNEL, SEPT. 14.—Arrived the Hebe, Le Boutellois, from Rio Janeiro ; Ratcliffe, Coxhead, 574 ; Watson ; and Albion, Backe, from Quebec ; Clashed, Stake, from Miramichi. COWES, SEPT. 14.—Arrived the Tropic, King, from Bata via ; Arch)s, Zaldremand, from Trinidad de Cuba. BRISTOL, SEPT. 14.—Arrived the Caroline, Emmerson, from Jamaica; Ajax, Bruton, from Jamaica; Gipsey, Mason, from Archangel. CLYDE, SEPT. 12.—Arrived the Ganges, Leach, from Vir ginia ; Catherine, Arkney, from Jamaica ; Hama), Shaw, from Trinidad ; William, Hamlyn, i from Bombay ; Unicorn, Crawford, from Archangel, Cassandra, from St. Vincent. DUBLIN, SEPT. 13.—Arrived the Fortuna, Beckham, from Memel ; Medora, Brownrigg, from Demerara. DROGHEDA, SEPT. 12.—Arrived the Northumberland, from St. Andrew's, N. B. CORE, SEPT 12.—Arrived the Hotspur, Steele from Gaspe ; Argonaut, Mason, from St. John's, N.B. Arrived off port the Canon, Poter, from Monte Video. LIMERICK, Seer. 12.—Arrived the Victoria, Griffiths, from London ; Fame, Marshall, from London ; City of London derry (steamer), from London; Elizabeth, Dyer, from Lon don ; Sovereign, Carter, from London. SLIGO, SEPT. 12.—Arrived the Acorn, Jones, London. BELFAST, SEPT. 12.—Arrived the Dundee, Rob!, Memel. SUNDERLAND, SEPT. 13.—Arrived Latona, Minto, Stettin. SIIIELDS, SEPT. 14.—Arrived the Heram, Noel, from Lisbon ; Argus, Smith, from St. Petersburg; Express, Rugser, from Dantzic ; Emanuel, Redman, from Dantzic ; Undine, Ramsay, from Dantzic; Gule, Hoffnung, Dantzic. LOWESTOFFE, SEPT. 14.—Arrived off, the Clarence, Fowl stone, from St. Petersburg. HULL, SEPT. 14.—Arrived the Lowe, Radian, from St. Petersburg ; Rhine, Thompson, from Ditto ; Symmetry, Col lege, from Archangel ; Maria, Krone, from Woolgart ; Vrow, Catherine, from Konigsburg ; Annette Hoge, Lund, from Naskow; Aurora, Lindberg, from Gefle ; Consort, Armstrong, from Hambrough ; Bee, Best, from Ditto ; Anna Maria, Collie, from Ditto; Anna Maria, Janson, from Malmo; Twa Sestre, from Naskow ; Anna Christiana, from Rostock; Al bertina, Schumacker, from Ditto; Diana, Meuse, Neustadt. HUMEER, SEPT. 13.—Arrived the Vrow Hannah, from Neustadt ; Maria, Jausen, from Gothenburg. GRIMSBY ROADS SEPT. 14.—Arrived the Stadt, Cammen, from Dantzic ; Frederick, from Copenhagen. YARMOUTH ROADS, SEPT. 14.—Arrived the Margaret, from Archangel. ALDBROUGII, SEPT. 14.—Off, the Concordia, Schuh, from Dantzic. Speakings—The Chieftain, which sailed from Greenock on 3d January, bound to Batavia, was spoken with in lat. 26. 35. and long. 23. 30. W. on the 7th March, by the Java, ar rived at Bombay. MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY (THIS DAY), TWELVE O'CLOCK. We have a very blank morning, both for arrivals and infor mation from any quarter, in consequence of which the various Funds continue in a stagnant state, and at present there does not appear the least spirit for speculating. Consols, which closed yesterday at 941 1 for the Account, and 94 a for Money, opened at the above prices this morn ing. Exchequer Bills, 70 72 prem. ; India Bonds, 71 73 prem. ; Bank Stock for the opening, 208} 2094; India Stock, 2641 2651. In the Foreign Market there is no business doing as yet, and the prices are nominal. Spanish Active, 191 1; Portu guese, 35i 36 ; Three per Cents., 233-; Brazilian, 831 844; Mexican, 231 ; Dutch Two-and-a- Half per Cents., 53i 544. The New York packet-ship Siddons, sailed the 25th ult., has arrived. " We, the Grand Council of the Canton of Argovia, taking into consideration the Report made to us by the Lower Council respecting the demand of expulsion from the Swiss territories of Louis Napoleon Bonaparte, addressed to Swit zerland by the Ambassador of France on the Ist of August last, have resolved to give to our Deputation the following instructions : " As it is unquestionable that since 1832 Louis Napoleon Bonaparte has enjoy ed the right of citizenship in the Can ton of Thur.ovia, and acco r di ng t o the constitutional forms prescribed by the Legislature of this country, a fact proved in an authentic mariner, the deputation of the Canton of Argovia will protest with force and energy against those pretensions of France, as injurious in a high degree to the rights of man, through those of Switzerland, and to existing treaties. The remedy will consequently be found in the re. jection of this demand, reserving the ri g hts of sovereignty of each of the sta t es o f th e Confederacy, as well as those which assure the rational independence. The deputation will con tribute all in its power to maintain intact the constitutional position of Switzerland, and will repel, in terms the moat absolute, all pretensions of foreign Governments to inter fere in the affairs of the interior and with the police of the Confederation. " The deputation will declare that Switzerland knows how al ways to fulfil the duties imposed upon ber by the laws of nations towards neighbouring States." As Argovia is the first of the Swiss Cantons to decide definitively upon this question, its example will instil fresh vigour into those States which have hitherto indirectly opposed the interference of the French Government. One of the French Journals quotes a letter from Warsaw, announcing the discovery of a Polish con spiracy (!) in that city, having for its object the con servation of the language and religion of Poland. The members of it, being young men, were publicly flogged and confined in the fortress of Modlin, preparatory to their transportation to the wilds of Siberia. There is no news y of any moment from Spain in these Journals. Annexed are extracts from them : We a-c assured that a plan for day and night telegraphs, applicable to iron rail-roads, has been proposed to the Minister of Public Woks in Bel4ium, by a person who has been long engaged in the improvem en t s of correspon d ence by signals. Setting aside anything that has been hitherto discoveredb or attempted, he does not employ brass or iron wire, or gal- PRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. tied... ...... ........ i Jitto Bonds ...... .... 7l 73 pin. 3 per Cent. C0n5..... 91 '4 % , South Sea Stock .- 3% per Cent. — ,' Old knntuties ..„ . Ditto Red. ---. New Ditto New 3% per Cent .. New 5 per Cent...... —l Exch. Bills, £1,000........ 72 71 on.. Bank LongAnnuitiestaexpire Ditto 5OO 72 72 70 pir.. Jan. 5, 1860 — Ditto Small ........... ..... 71 ;4 pm Oct. 10, 1859 ....... , Ditto Commercial ....... Pit Jan. 5, 1860 15% ,' Ditto Advertised. — on - . Jan. 5, 1880 . ..... ...... !Bank Stock for Account 203% April 5, 1880...... ...... .. ..... India stock for Account..., Jan. 5. 1870 — Consols for Account . . 91U PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCIs . Austrian Bonds . — Peruvian Bonds — Belgian Bonds ..... .... Ditto Account, . Portuhuede B 0nd5......... ........ 75 Brazilian Borrls.i: ..:..,.....,. Ditto Now Bonds ai • Ditto Acconhf " SI% Ditto Account Buenos Ayres Bonds — Ditto, 3 per c0nt..... ...... 23% Ditto Account ............. C iillian Bonds Ditto Account ....... ........ . Russian Bonds, 1622 Calambian 80nd5........... — Ditto Account — Ditto Account ....... Columbian Bonds, 1824 25. Spanish Bonds — Ditto Account Danish Bonds ...... -Ditto Bonds. IRA .. 19% Ditto Account ..... ...... ..,.... Ditto Account 197.814 Greek 80nd5...... — French, 5 per cent.......... —t Ditto Bonds, 11325 — ----- 4 per cent........... —t —c Ditto Account .. ........ Mexican Bonds, 5 per rent — Exchange —f. Ditto Account „........ .... .. Dutch, Os, per cent — Ditto, S per cent Ditto Account Neapolitan — Ditto Account — PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK Paid. Per :Amu British Iron Company 5O 10 Real del Monte Mining Co., Registered 63/, 10s. Rd. Ditto Unregistered — Great Western Railway Ccmpany 65 Brighton Railway Company London and Blackwall Railway ••• 7 South Eastern and Dover Railway Company 9 Galvanized Iron Company London an. Westminster Rank 2O Thames Oxford:Steam Trow Company 1 COUKSE OF EXCHANGE YESTERDAY Amsterdam C.F. 12 6 flibraitar 4l Ditto, at sight [taut nirtm "U. 12 (1 Genoa 25 95 Antwerp... Hamburg. ..,... ~.. Altona Paris, 3 days' sigh. 25 35 Palermo per oz. 117% ~ :11,4 Ditto ....... ........... ...3 Ms. '.'s Si LiAbon Marseilles. •..5 4/0 Ri Janeiro 27% Bonilla/aux Frankfort on Mama, Ex. M 1:,214 3"hia t7 A r •S Petersbuigh, ruble 3 Us. Iti 1) Buenos _AY r '2l . ~,, g _ 7 3 New York. 2 1 da) Iht ...... Berlin •'M lO I‘ , Philadelphia Vienna, effective 11 to 13 PRICE OF BULLION, PER OZ. Trieste ditto mai P or t u gal Gold, coin 'o 0 0 Madrid Foreign Gold, in bars 317 , Cadiz.............. .................. 5 7. 4 ' A - .6 Now Doubloons 0 0 0 Iliboa .... B tr reiona l i , Silver. bars, standard 0 4 11% Saville PRICES OF HUSH sTocKs, DBLIN, EP. 13. 04, Grand Canal Debs. 6 per cent. 3 per Cent. Consols 101 !-," I Ditto, 4 per cent. ...... .. dy., per Ceti% Stock — Hibeinian Bank Ditto Reduced 24% Ditto New, 153.9 ..... 34 per Cent. Debentures 199 City Debentures, 4 per cent. Bank Stock - R o yal Canal S ock .... 34 Ballast Office Debentures,4 per G ra nd Canal 5t0ck........ , cent —_ HALF-PAST ONE. Console, which were in the morning 94i for Account, have receded to 041 ; niney, 94k. Very little business has been , doing in the course of the morning. Exchequ er Bill s, 72 70 India Bonds , 71 73 ; Bank Stock shut ; Indi a S toc k . , 264} 2 65 1. Spanish Active heavy, at 191 i ; Portuguese, 35/ 36 ; Three per Cents., 231; Brazilian, 84 84-.1 ; Mexican, 23 .3 24 ; Dutch Two - and - a - half, 53 i 54. THREE O'CLOCK. 10 , ( 2 -78, 4 5.At 3b4 11 ! , '2 1%104 All the Bordeaux Journals of the 11th, publish the fol lowing note : The Sugar Committee has met several times; it has ap pointed M. Dupeyrat, jun., and M. Beyssac,sen., Secretaries. The Committee thus corresponds with all those of Nantes, Nacre, and Marseilles. They have agreed unanimously to require cf the Government with urgency and energy an imme diateshalltoconsultthe ajointKing remedy for the sufferings of the colonies and o f mar i time co mmerce, in order to avert their total ruin. Th e Commit tees have resolved that they would appoint d e l egates of their own body, who shall be at Paris on the 25th of thi s month, provided with m sta statement, m a n e d n t, in The Committee of Bordeaux has app o i nte d Messrs. Bcrzsaac, son., and Toussal, to meet the other delegates at Paris. A letter from Palermo of the 24th August says : " The execution of the new ordinance respecting the trade in sulphur, meets with great . difficulties. It i s b e li eved that this ordinance will not remain long in force. Not a single e imam has been distributed since the Ist of August. The Directors of the Company have received orders by a tele graphic despatch to repair immediately to Naples. The dis content which is daily increasing may expose our islands to great danger. The proprietors of the mines offer their .ulphur to merchants on more advantageous terms, that is at five or six tars less than they sell it to the Company : this is a certain sign of destruction.— Le Commerce. BADEN, Suer. 4.—Forty-five rooms have been engaged at the English Hotel for the Grand Duke Alexander. iii s Imperial Highness is expected to arrive about the 15th or 17th of this month. It is said that he will make some stay here, in order fully to recover his health its our mild climate. The ex pected arrival of the Grand Duke, and the fine weather which we have had ever since the Ist of this month, induce many visitors to prolong their stay here, and bring us daily fresh company, so that Baden is uncommonly full for this season of the year. ROME, Auo. 25.—The Diario states that on the 26th of Consols for Account, 941. Yesterday an inquest was held, in King -street, s no w-hill, on thc body of David Brown, aged 56. It ap peared from the evidence that the deceased was a journeyman b a ker, in the employment of Mr. Catling, Snow-hill. On Thursday, morning, about five o'clock, while attending to the oven In the bakehouse, he was suddenly attacked with illness, and in going to sit down on a stool, fell down a flight of steps, and expired inst ant l y . H e was a married man, and has lett a family. The Jury returned a verdict of Died by the Visitation of God. HIGLI - • • i I.(iN DON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. M 19 T.lll lit S;fter 0 1 Evenn,g 43 minutes after 1, THE DOLT al, CONTAINING BEAUTIFUL MEDALLION PORTRAITS OF MARSHAL SOTJLT AND THE OUKE OF WELLINGTON, IN THE SAME STYLE AS THAT OF HER MAJESTY IN THE GOLDEN CORONATION SUN," IS NOW PUBLISHING, AND MAY BE HAD OF ALL NEWSMEN BOTH IN TOWN AND COUNTRY. *** EACH PORTRAIT IS WORTH AT LEAST ONE GUINEA. BESIDES THE PORTRAITS AND WREATHS, THERE ARE CHARACTERISTIC MEMOIRS, WITH ORIGINAL ANECDOTES, OF BOTH HEROES. St - N," c, Til e , SUN ," -OLD ALL A FEW COPIES OF THE CORO - NATION SUN MAY I' , OW BE HAD PRINTED ALL OVER, WITH GOLD, AND BEAUTIFULLY POLISHED. PRICE TWO SHILLINGS AND SIXPENCE. SUN (Mice, 112, Strand, Sept. 15, 1838. H EINE BROTHERS at HAMBURGH, And BROTHERS at LUBECK, beg to state, that Orders, with Remittances, will meet due atten tion, and that they are able to execute orders of various amounts, from 10/. to 501. Orders for less than 101. cannot he attended to. HEINE BROTHERS have remitted on the '2sth July, 60,000 mares from LUBECK to LONDON, and hope to remit against the end of this month large sums from HAAIBURGII to ENC• LAND, SCOTLAND, and IRELAND. HAMBURGII and LUBECK, September, 183.1. _FiDINBURGH REVIEW, No. 137.—Messrs. Longman and Co. request that Advertisements and Bills for this forthcoming Number may be sent to them not later than 3londay, September '24. Paternoster-row, Sept. 14, IM3B. TO CORRESPONDENTS. " Quwsitor," " H. B ," and others, will be insertep on the first convenient opportunity. The publication of THE SUN NEWSPAPER commenced this day at 15 minutes past Three o' Clock, ... Ot Pe' ~„-., T -, .. C , ‘.. -,,,,..) • - ' 7 , ... tr- --4‘ rilM ik ---...._,,.._...i'L i ( 4- (11 TT I e + _ WITH WHICH TUE " TRUE SUN " IS NOW INCORPORATED. GLOUCESTER MUSIC MEETING. (fitobi btitt OWN toitatsroNOENTO SECOND C ON CERT, WEtiNtsoAt EVENING.—The etaieert of this evening commenced with Mozart's B)mphony, known in England by the name of " Jupiter," and with %hid" we wero highly pleased for although we have heard it repeatedly, there Is a freshness and richness belonging to it that is not often heard In the eort:nesitiens of Modern days. Willbye's beautiful madrigal, " flora gaVe me i. " deserved an encore ; it was as perfect as possible for it to be. Then Bathe the eter nal " Vivi tu," by Ivanoff. We really cannot see why this aria should be such a favourite as to be brought forward at every concert in town and country, as it has been of late years, by Rubini and IvanofF—we know plenty more effective. Mrs. A. Shaw swag 013 old. Scotch ballad of " Sandy and Jenny" with such genuine humour, as to obtain for it a unanimous encore. The Lao duett by Grisi and Lablzehe was a rich and racy specimen of comic singing. Labh2che's imitations of Grisi, in his falsetto voice, convulsed his hearers pith I . ugliter ; nor was Grist less happy in her imitations of his cad, I.zas. This also was encored. Hobbs gave Purcell's beautiful song, " I attempt from Love's sickness to fly," very sweetly ; to our old-fashioned way of thinking, there is more real music in this one song than a dozen " Vivi tu's l" Mori's concerto was very finely played. Mrs. Knyvett sang a song, composed by Miss Hawes, very effectively. Braham and eablache then gave a duett from " Belisario" ( Donizetti), in which we cannot say who sang the loudest, for they both exerted themselves to the utmost, and were loudly applauded. Madame Grid then sang an air, with variations, from " La Donna del Lago" (Rossini). The Second Part commenced with Mendelsohn's overture to the " Midsummer Night's D.eam," which was played ex ceedingly well. Phillips then sang a song. the poetry of which was written by Sir W. Raleigh, a few days prior to his execution in the fifteenth century, and entitled -"The Soul's Errand." The music wedded to the poetry, by Calcott, who has acquitted himself in a very creditable manner. This song was rapturously received and encored. The attendance, this evening was a little better than the last, though far from good, the Hall not being more than half full, and we begin to think the Stewards will become consi derable losers should the next day's attendance be as poor as these have been. TIMED MORNING, THURSDAY.—This morning's perform ances consisted of nearly the whole of Handel's Oratorio of " Israel in Egypt," with Selections from " The Creation" ( Haydn), and " The Requiem" ( Mozart). 'I he introduction representing Chaos we never heard better given, the sforzandos were excellent; Phillips gave the recitative " In the beginning" very effectively, as also did Hobbs the air " Now vanish." In the duett " Qual Andante," by Grisi and Mrs. A. Shaw, Grisi, by some chance or other, got eo.npletely out, This was a pity, as it is a moat beautiful duett, and is well known The second part of the performance commenced with " Israel in Egypt." Hobbs and Knyvect in the opening re citative and air were peculiarly happy. The choruses, " And the children," " He turned their waters," " And he spake the word," were in excellent keeping. Mrs. A. Shaw sang " Their land brought forth frogs," in fine style ; the rich tones of her voice told with great effect. This lady improves ra pidly ; her cadence was just such a one as Handel would have wished. The Hailstone chorus was given with great energy and force ; the staccato note on the word " Fire" was very effective. "He sent a thick darkness," was also good. Miss Birch's recitative, " Hail, holy light," was very sweetly given. The double choruses " He rebuked the Red Sea," " He led them through the deep," and " But the waters overwhelmed," were given with great precision and effect. The notes were properly marked, and suited to the emphasis of the words. In the duett " The Lord is a Man of War," by Phillips and A. Novello, the difference of voice and style was very appa rently displayed, but A. Novello seemed careless about it. THIRD ♦ND LAST CONCERT, THURSDAY EVENING.— We were happy on entering the room this evening to notice such a marked improvement in the attendance, the Hall being nearly full. The sinfonia in E flat (Mozart) was the open ing of this Concert, and most excellently was it played. The duett by Ivanoff and'Lablache, from the " L'Elisir" of Doni zetti, we do not admire, though they gave it finely. Grisi's aria " Al doce Guidami," from " Anna Bolena," would have been better if she had not strained after effect so much. Bra ham gave the scena from " Oberon" in his best style, and was long and loudly applauded. Then came a concerto (bassoon) by Mr. Baumann, which was one of the finest treats it has ever been our good fortune to hear ; the delicacy, expression, and fine tone of the instrument was the theme of praise from both audience and orchestra : this gentleman will prove a great acquisition to our musical festivals. The duett "Ah mio Arturo," by Grisi and Ivanoff, seemed to want the stage, to make the effect of it complete. Mrs. Knyvett's song, " 0 might I but my Patrick love," was sung in good style, and well received by the audience. The same remark will apply to Mrs. A. Shaw. The Concert concluded with " God save the Queen," which was but coldly received. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, FRIDAY.—This afternoon the Queen rode on horseback in the Park, attended by Lord Falkland, Lord aid Lady Portman, the Honourable Colonel Cavendish, Baroness Lehzen, the Honourable C. A. Murray, the Honourable Miss Anson, Lord Melbourne, Lord J. Russell, Lord Glenelg, and Viscount Palmerston. Tha King and Queen of the Belgians, accompanied by her Royal Highness rt e Duchess of Kent, drove to B usby, to pay a visit to the Queen Dowager. His Majesty will pru ceed from thence to Claremont, and the Queen and Duchess of Kent will return to Windsor Castle to dinner. The Queen held a Privy Council at two o'clock in the afternoon, It was attended by the Lord Chancellor, the Frst Lord of the Treasury, the Secretaries of State for the Home, Foreign, and Colonial Departments; the Master of the Horse, the Vice-Chamberlain, and Viscount Falkland. Some. Orders in Council on Colonial matters, with respect to the currency, were submitted to her Majesty in Council, and were approved of. Mr. C. Greville was the Clerk of the Council in Waiting; Viscount Falkland was the Lord in Waiting ; the Honourable General Sir William Lumley, Groom in Waiting; and the Honourable Colonel Cavendish (Clerk Marshall,) Equerry in Waiting. The Lord Chancellor came from Copse Hill, to attend the Council ; and the Earl of Albemarle conic from his residence at Hampton Court to Windsor Caste, to attend the Council. Sir George Villiers tran s acted business yesterday at the Foreign Department. The Turkish, Russian, and French Ambassadors transacted business yesterday at the Foreign Department. Count Ludolf, transacted business yesterday at the Foreign Department. Mr. William Turner, the Envoy Extraordinary from New Grenada, transacted business yesterday at the Foreign Office. Despatches were received yesterday at the India Board from the Officer administering her Majesty's Goiernment at the Presidency of Bombay. Despatches were forwarded yesterday from Downing-street for Lord Melbourne, at Windsor. Despatches, dated the 9th instant, were received yesterday at the Foreign Department from the British Minister at the Court of Switzerland. Despatches were forwarded yesterday for Lord Palmerston and Lord T.Glenelg, at Windsor. Despatches from Captain Prescott,lt.N., Governor of New foundland, and from, Colonel Macdonald, Governor of Hon duras, were receivedyestereay at the Colonial Office. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. DEPARTURES. The Hon. Captain and Mrs. Charles Stanley, from Lord Derby's, Grosvenor-square, for Knowsley Hall; Lord De Roos, from the Grove-road, St. John's-wood, for the Conti nent ; the Duke of Marlborough, for the Waterloo -crescent, Dover; Colonel Scott, Scotch Fusileer Guards, for Wind sor • Mr. Bingham and Lady Harriet, for Worthing; the Earl of Mount Edgecombe, on a visit ; Lord and Lady Brownlow, at Belton House, Grantham, Lincolnshire; Lord and Lady Newark, for Leamington Spa; Sir Alexander Duff Gordon, on a tour ; the Dowager !ountess c'e Salis, from Carlton Gardens, for her seat, Rokeby Hall, county of Louth ; the Hon. Frederick West, for Ruthyn Castle, North Wales ; the Earl of A3lesford, and the Ladies Finch, from Audley-square, fo Packington Hall, near Coventry ; Sir Charles and Lady Conte, from Connaught House, for the Continent ; Lady de Dunstanville, for her seat, in Cornwall ; Mr. Mortimer Drummond, from Grosvenor-place, for Den ham House, Bucks; Lord Methuen, from Park -street, for his seat, Corsham House, Wilts ; Lady Harriet d'Orsay, and the Hon. Miss Gardiner, from Grosvenor. street, on a tour; the Dowager Lady Brownlow, and the Misses Curt, from Hill street, for Lincolnshire ; Mr. and Mrs. C. Prideaux Bunce, from their house in Br) anston-square, for Brighton ; D. E. Jones, Esq., for Harlington ; Mr. and Mrs. Godsal, from Batt's Hotel, for Brighton; Rev. B. Stane and family, from ditto, for Forrest Hall, Essex ; Mr. and Mrs. Flor, from ditto, for Philadelphia, United States; Michael Law, fro m ditto, for the Conti nen t ; M r . an d Mrs. Faber, fr.mi ditto, f , ..r Charleston, South Carolina, United States. THE FUNDS.-CLOSING PRICES BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock ,India Stork — 3 per Cent. lied 3 per Cent. Cats 91% Ditto Old Annuities 3.', per Cent ; Ditto Sew Annuities 3 1 .4 per Cent. Red — , Ex. Bills, 1,,00/ 2;ld 72 plc New 3% per Cent 101%, Ditto 51 1 Long Annuities to expire I Ditto 500/... 74 pn Jan. 186 1 0ct.185 , 1 _.lan.lßpo FOREIGN FUNDS Austrian, 5 per cent _ Portuguese Ronda, 5 per cent.. 75 Belgian, 5 per cent , D.tto New Ditto .... 6 Brazilian Bondi ...... ......... 54 t, Prussian, 5 per cent — Buenos Ayr: s, 6 per cent. — Russiaß Bonds, 5 per cent — Chilian, 6 per cent 2I Ditto, Metallic _ Colomlo;arn, 6 per cent — Spanish, 5 per cent lllx, Ditto, 1824 — Ditto, Consolidated Danish, 3 per cent — French, 5 per cent.: —f —t Greek Bonds, 1825, 5 per cent. Exchange r-c Mexican, 5 per cent — French, :3 per cent f. Ditto, (i per cent.. 1825 — Dutch, 2% per cent. — Peruvian, 1825,6 per cent. - Ditto, 5 per cent..,.. lo_% (CLOSING PRICE OF SHARES.---(THIS DAY). Great Western Railway 7834 London and Brighton R .ilway London and Black wall Railway South Eastern and Dover 4yi, Viscount Howick arrived in town on Thursday from the Continent. Lady Waterpark and the Hon. Miss Cavendi!..h have returned to Hill-street from a tour. Mr. Hedworth Lambton, M.P., and his Lady, have returned to their residence in Chester-street, from a tour in Germany. BOW-STREET,-(THIS DAY• A hungry-looking fellow named George Hoppin, avalLlu himself at nine o'clock this morning of the darkness occa-_ stoned by the fog, was detected by Blosset, a constable of Covent-garden Market, he!pirig himself to the choicest fruits from several stands, which he instantly demolished- On . being taken into custody a single pear ::'as all of mauled to satisfy his craving appetite for the rcurainqer of the day. After loudly protesting against - the injwnce the charge he was sent to hard labour for two month. Another sneak named Young was discovered by the same pocke t officer attempting to relieve a gentleman of hi 4 that re.: handkerchief, and was sent to the same place of amusement for three months. THE MARKETS'.-(TIITS DAY.) COVENT-GARDEN. Supplies were large to.day of all descriptions in se n, ) Plums of all kinds are very pie itiful. Trade contin ues quid owing to so many absentees from town, 'and prices ; much as last week. Onions, 33. to 4s. per dozen bunchic,9o, Carrots, 3s. to 6s. ; ApplCs 4s. to 9s. per bushel ; p ew 9 d. tatoes, 3s. to 4s 3d. per 100Ibs. ; Turnips. 2s. 6d. to 4s. per dozen bunches; Cabbages, 9d. to Is. 3 d. p er dot : Green Oag‘.. Plums, 4s. 6d. to ss. per sieve ; OrlcanS , to 4s. 6d. per ditto ; Currants, 4s. to 4s. 64. per sieve. HUNGERFORD MARKET. cling The Market was well supplied, and the business transa, to a fair extent. Fish-good, dear ; best Turtot, 2531,1. as low as 6s. and 7s. ; Soles good, Is. to 33. per pair ; each, mon, 10d. to Is. 3d. per lb. ; Lobsters , Is. to 3s• d; ' Butchers' Meat-Trade rather lively ; Beef, 7d. to• Mutton, 7id. to Bid. ; Veal, Bd. to 9d. ; Pork, 711:1. t d price/ per lb. The Vegetable Market was well supplied, "a were moderate. Turbos FISH MARKET. Good Fish were scarce again to-day, and dear. - ne t were as high as 255. ; Soles, good is. to 2s. 6 d. a nd Si' is 4 Fair; Salmon, 9d. to Is. 3d. per lb. ; Cod very scar c° ,ocl, dear, some as high as 153. 16s. and 17s. each ; Lobsters • is. to 3s. cacti; Whiting, 2d. to 6d. each ; Haddock, 4d. t ° each. TALLOW MARKET. to , be The Market is in in a very uncertain state, owing news yesterday from St. Petersburgh bringing higher rec.; The nearest quotation is 625. Bd. to 535. for P. Y. C. both WO". NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. 4 .0 Meat of all kinds in good supply, and trade goo d ; unaltered. Beef 2s. 6d. to 3s. Bd. ; Mutton 2s. Bd. O f.is h Bd. ; Veal 3s. Bd. to 4s. Bd. ; Pork 3s. 6 d. to 4 s. Bd. ; " do 34. to 3s. 6d. Game and Poultry in small supply, sod t , r ion o good ; prices rather higher. The following are the qu0tr,..... of each of the articles, and not per couple or per Pa n ' s. ; to Flares 3s. to 4s. , Leverets Is. 6d. to 2s. 6d. ; Grouse ,4 %.d, 4s. ; Turkey Poults ss. •; Fowls 3s. to 53 ; Chickens Is. ';d, to 2s. 6d. ; Ducklings 2s. to 23. 6d. ; Rabbits Bd. to 1 6 ' 60 , Geese ss. 6d. to 63. 61. ; Eggs plentiful, at ss. 6d. t ° 9d. er 120. BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE COLONIAL MA RKETS DURING THE WEEK. s ad These markets have been very quiet during the Wee'-'ego the business done, as our daily reports will best show, 1165,-014, very moderate. Of B. P. Sugar 3,000 hhds. have been heat Raw Sugar has been rather drooping in price. Coffee , "-• m i te 0 0 Cocoa, Spices, Rum, and Cotton have been firm. ',7. -- , er ief ports have been light, and so have the exports : the d. _..e"',, j ; t o have been to a fair extent. There is not a very great M i..- advertised for next week at present. THE WEATHER AND THE CR°ll In the neighbourhood of London this morning there dense fog, which enveloped the metropolis. At nine o sa e we had the nocturnal fog of a very dark November daPt sy in several of the houses and shops we saw gas burning , loc k) if it were night. At the time we are now writing (one orto, the fog partially continues, and our day-darkness reto ol° relieved by any gleam of sunshine. We subjoin some of the reports relative to the harvest have reached us to-day : • Oi l The operations in the harvest fields have proceeded °lee. neighbourhood with great rapidity during the present %00 The weather has been favourable; and considerable bro of land have been wholly cleared of the produce in ve l l 1 sera' condition. The northern counties require a fine •bler autumn to give them security, and it is more than reo that they will be so favoured ;land, should the westbrad respond with our hope, the whole of the crops will bee faia at a much earlier period than certainly might have z cipated at the close of the last month.—Doncaster Ga ;L ie The harvest has been going on prosperously in th e n od' bourhood of Tiverton, and many farmers have nearly firt t ee The wheat crop in the good land is above an averageeoge barley is not quite so good as anticipated, but above an ev7, 70 .0 crop. Oats are a great crop, and fine samp les.4' Devon Journal. Thanks be to the Giver of every Good, since our last of t lication we have had a continued success ion of th e t ee weather possible for the gathering in of die harvest , Tee great bulk of it in this neighbourhood is safely housrcl• of crops are exceedingly plentiful, and there is eve.-: pro of abundance for man and beast. At Clipstone (the Du. de Portland's) the white corn harvest was finished on Tung night, and we see many Irishmen returning t ow ards again, the labours of the season havie: come to an e n ' . Nottingham Review. arlf The corn harvest in this neighbourhood (Arnold) is ile go ts brought to a conclusion. On Monday, when the last trag7bie load of wheat was driven off an eight-acre field, near t e ets ja village, such was the a nxi e ty o f th e v ill age g l e aners to °w o re wheat, to make furmenty at the coming feast, that on the being opened, a formidable ru s h t oo k place, and 382 Per;oo • were immediately canted in the field.—lbid. A cone SCOTLAND.--The weather is still changeable, an- , ions; ratively speaking, little has been done in harvest opera - e lle The crops are understood to be tolerably fair, so that if g ee er weather were to follow, allowing them to be brought te d : - je pleteenaturity, would be safe ingathering to the stack-Yarto eel• this neighbourhood wages last Monday were only dd• t e ach per day, with two meals of victuals, and ls. 2d. Wit" t tl i o n fo r provision —most certainly not an adequate remuner a t i r ecs' the toil and severe work of shearing during a long d , the day. In Berwickshire, Roxburgh, and Northumberls° weeln farmers almost uniformly give 125., 135., and 14s. Per °f tb° with three m ea l s p er d a y.—F rom a Correspondent ° Edinburgh Courant. 0 0/ The rain which, as we noticed in our last, bad fallet i vi bele cut interruption during a great part of Tuesday and the of Wednesday, continu e d t o d escen d i n torre nts on nesday night and throughout the following day. T he e thrY a and its tributaries were co n s e q u en tly i n hi g h flood, I I ; r e sre'; still remain much swollen. M uc h i n j ur y it is to b to OP must have been done, not only to the growing corn W e b tlif in the stook, by this unsea so nabl e f a ll o f rain; °l w o t bgt , amount of this injury must be v e ry m a t e ri a lly lessene", e edsa cold dry breezes of Friday and Saturday, on which lab, there was also a good deal of sunshine. —Kelso Chronici; ge• In the earlier surrounding districts, barley has pre p e e nerally commenced, and even some fields of oats bs c i - i , cut down, while many others are ready for the sic kle' 101' later districts, however, the reaping of oats will not , p a tbe r de . rstand, be general in less then a fortnight. The ft still continues unsettled. Since our last, we have ba,"„ - dn' dry days, but yesterday (Monday) was wet. The Pig";ide' the,past•week, have'been so frosty as to.blacken e° rably the potato crops. —Perth Chronicle. • IRELAND.--The weather still (Thursday aftcenee ll i e las C tinucs favourable. There was a moderate fall of 0 1 t hcr night, but it was succeed e d thi s morn i n b w armer / 5 , e e - e rei than we had in June. Our accounts fr g om y the iete ri° ' v idif upon the whole, very satisfactory. Th e f arme rs are Tie: clearing the corn fields, and although i n some places it 0 rick, for instance—wheat is reported to be, a short cr°P', ar e abundant in other districts. Oats, b a rl e y, an d pot 3te e t , described to be at least a full av er a ge . A no ther eee'a e e..." weather would, we think, l ea v e ver y littl e cor n outsta n ' i Dublin Evening Post. 0 061 Yesterday morning, a distressing accident O h at lb in Centre-street cotton-mill. Ellen Murray, g girl , e a bol ye.trs of age, employed in the carding-room, while g eln t raea n her usual occupation, was caught by a belt and carrie ranted one of the drums several times, before her fellow -w rage could render her the slightest assistance. When diseebeeieg from the machinery she was found dead, both her leg s The broken, and her head almost st parated from her body ' till ' 1 ; remains of the poor girl wer e kept in an adjoining r°° , r , to b coffin was procured, being in too s h a tt ere d a condi t ' e otherwise removed.—Glasgow Argus. at the Yesterday a Coroner's Inquest was take n e oor t e - Northumberland Arms, Goodge.street, Tottenhan",„aare road, en the body of Susan Probert, aged 40. I t from the evidence that the deceased was a married % f se e e a r and lived at No. 47, Goodge-street. She was not (-), foci'' habits. On Monday last, about twelve o'clock, she wa in her r. oin in a state of insensibility. There rt A as :.,edie s , b the on the tabla near her, which ;l as empty. `'a her , e : gentleman attended, who stated that he could not blo h . tr, sh. she would die instantly, and he could do nothing for vo atiat" -- gradually sank, and died in three hours after. " Natural death, brought on by excessive drinking. o'clock, Yesterday afternoon, about half-past t‘v° r „„ s Fat: e the Water Lily, a Greenwich steamer, in making be , _ ; ter ror dawn the river, .was put by to the southward by anolh" gi ii.ho r coming up the stream, and got athwart hawse of t be e . Clior c tier orshippiag, about 100 y a rd s bel o w Rothcrhith an and carried away her mast, which carne down vd th ber e, crash, flag and all ; the fun ne l at t h e sa me time as s a s W el-- other damage sustained by th e vesse l. The ea tsc e r Tetes € O , in a state of alarm, b u t a l ter a detention of aWI a u' ett'rd steamer with st,rne dialculty got clear, and o'cro,,r;id athwart the tide for a short time, she was 'e erc f t i.e proceeded en h e r vo y age . Th e aoesprit of on e 0 in the tier was braken by tbe colliaion. 0 0 ' e THE WORKING CLASSES A T COLC i l es ter t e° ,„ The largest p u bli c meeting remembered in Ct e eet-P lac t, place on Monday evenin last in the New loot Among the speaktrs were s everal delegates from i l ti eics ee- 0 0 Braintree, Halstead, and - Coggeshall 'Werki"g d a 0 0' 1 '14 ciations. At the front of the platform was 6 ", ari d pe n banns r, on which was painted the Polish, Frenen , jog eyed loaves of bread, with their di ff erent sizes an d va c r t °Pqee Mr. Wm. Canfield, cooper, being called to the tie t lia ' the business of the meeting at considerable 1,en3g,00 n 0 ; s per p s e o t n t a tto p n res w en a t s was nnaneismti unanimously sdaeate pte di l, tur bance dearlyci43;4 g" .. v a Birmingham umberof r elnerirg, and the meeting separated wi thout s a On the slightest accident. Should the wind blow strong from .!, li b e e t l e v :lo*r est Thursday next, it is anticipated that the tide r that has occurred this year.